A Few of the Key Ingredients

Glancing at a friend's wedding photos recently got me thinking about the ingredients of a good relationship.

3 Things I Want for Father’s Day

For my twentieth Fathers Day, I don’t need much. But here are a few things I really want.

Telephones used to be attached to walls and transmit only voices. In some ways, that was better.

As our oldest daughter prepares for college, I'm thinking back on stories from my own dorm-life days.

The important lesson I learned from my daughter's experimentation with eye makeup.

One of my daughters recently asked why I "always" wink at her. The answer has to do with silent connections formed in my distant past.

Your life is a story you get to write. You have to be true to the hard realities, but there's room for artistic license.

One of the keys to happiness and success is managing expectations--especially your own.

I've learned many things as the father of teenage girls, but I'm still working on the art of holding on by letting go.